Search Results: the orchid growers manual by benjamin samuel williams

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-06-25. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-06-25. Paperback. Used:Good.

HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

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Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-06-25. Hardcover. Good.

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London: Victorian Paradise Nurseries, 1877. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 200x130x32mm. 200x130x32mm+614g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 1kg . . Victorian Paradise Nurseries. London. 1877. . . . Pp336. plus 24 pages advertisments. Victoria and Paradise Nurseries. Hardcover. Descriptions of upwards of 930 species and varieties of orchidaceous plants; together with notices of their times of flowering. and most approved modes of treatment; also. plain and practical instructions relating to the general culture of orchids; remarks on the heat. moisture. soil. season of growth and rest best suited to the several species. Scarce book. The attractive. original pictorial cloth binding has a dark-green background with gilt titles on the spine and black decor plus a gilt orchid on the front; boards are worn. corners worn. spine shows wear. Lemon coloured endpapers. Loose Binding :- book block is loose with several pages detached - non missing - some have creasing to margins. Page 329 of index has a loss… Read More

Chapman and Hall, London, 1871. Enl. and rev. 4 ed. Hardcover. Good. [Orchidology] Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Shelf wear. Some bubbling to cover cloth, partial ring on rear cover 300 illustrations. Armorial bookplate of Lt. Col. Henry Basevi. Hudeley Castle Gardens. <br> Benjamin Samuel Williams was an English orchidologist and nurseryman. According to William Glikbarg "Williams provided the stimulus that made orchid growing possible for the average gardener.

London: Victoria and Paradise Nurseries. Fair with no dust jacket. 1894. Hardcover. Lacking one preliminary leaf between the title page and the contents page. Amateur cloth tape repairs to joints and along ends of spine. Text block split in middle. Loss of cloth up to 3/4" along edges of corners of boards. Binding shaky. Several gatherings nearly detached. A good working copy. ; xix, 796 + plates + advertisements. Illustrated green cloth boards. All page edges gilt. Seventh edition, enlarged and revised to the present time by Henry Williams. "The cultivation of Orchidaceous plants is no longer exclusively the privledge of the few, now that their nature and requirements are better understood than was the case in former years." - from the introduction.; 8vo .